INQUIRENDO ISLAND.

By Hudor Genone. 12mo,

$1.10; by mail, $1.22. An evident satire upon church creeds, the author's wit being pointed against those who let a cold and formal abstraction take the place of what he calls "a true religion." The book is in the form of a novel. The hero, while yachting off Rockaway, drifts out to sea, and after six days and nights of aimless sailing is cast ashore upon "Inquirendo Island." Here he comes in contact with a peculiar people, primitive in thought and culture, who believe their little island comprises the world, and who listen to his story of another country as the ravings of a lunatic. The Inquirendians have a religious belief of their own— their God being called Mathematics, and their inspired book the Arithmetic. It is in the explanations of the workings of this belief and in the setting forth of its various tenets, that the writer displays his satiric powers. There is a regular love-story also, and some amusing adventures. Publishers' Weekly.

GEIER-WALLY: A Tale of the Tyrol. From the German of Wilhelmine Von Hillern. 12mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 25 cents.

CLEOPATRA. By Henry Gréville. 16mo, 95 cents; by mail, $1.05.

Will hold the reader in closest attention. The brilliancy of the picturing, the graphic description of scene and circumstance, the vividness and vitality of the portraiture and the charm of style present Mme. Gréville at her best. The dénouement is very unexpected, and managed with artistic power.

Boston Traveller.

OUR LITTLE ANN. By the author of Tip Cat. 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 83 cents.

Our Little Ann, by the unknown author of Miss Toosey's Mission and Tip Cat, has not the pathos or the singular charm of the first little story, but is a pleasing novel, with uncommon freshness and simplicity of style. The opening chapter must be a bit of real experience; no author could be so bitter and savage against imaginary injustice and an invented schoolmistress. Unfortunately, the jealousy of the narow-minded and wickedly proper Miss Brimmer is of too frequent occurrence in real life, and Little Ann will find more than one sympathizer in her suffering. She is a delightfully sweet and young little heroine, always right at heart, but not ideally wise; and she falls in with people of not much account in the great world, but who are honest and right-minded. The characters are good and natural, and a wholesome hearty love among relatives is the moving power of the story. There is genuine comfort in reading of the cheery life of the Garnetts, of the loving, simple, happy mother, and the good, manly, rather commonplace sons. Michael is of a wholly different type, but one well worth studying. Little Ann herself is an embodiment of love, unselfishness, and good cheer; one of the sweetest little Irish girls that has brightened the pages of a novel. The author tells the story well, and seasons it judiciously with moralizing and bits of mockery; the prevailing tone is very tender, and one of sympathy with the real worth and beauty, the joy and sadness of common lives.

Boston Advertiser.

JACOB SCHUYLER'S MILLIONS. 16mo, paper, 40 cents; by mail, 48 cents.

Jacob Schuyler's Millions is an American novel, the action taking place in New Jersey, near New York City, and in the metropolis. The story is of strong interest, affording a graphic picture of life a quarter of a century ago. The characters are well portrayed, the

style is fluent and easy, and the mystery surrounding Jacob Schuyler's millions is ingeniously managed. Publishers' Weekly.

A GREAT EMERGENCY, and Other Tales. By Juliana Horatia Ewing. English edition, 4to, paper, 35 cents; by mail, 40 cents.

A FLAT-IRON FOR A FARTHING; OR, SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF AN ONLY SON. By Juliana Horatia Ewing. English edition, 4to, paper, 35 cents; by mail,

40 cents.

Six to SIXTEEN. By Juliana Horatia Ewing. English edition. 4to, paper, 35 cents; by mail, 40 cents. MRS. OVERTHEWAY'S REMEMBRANCES. By Juliana Horatia Ewing. English edition. 4to, paper, 35 cents; by mail, 40 cents.

JAN OF THE WINDMILL. A Story of the Plains. By Juliana Horatia Ewing. English edition. 4to, paper, 35 cents; by mail, 40 cents.

A CRIMSON STAIN. By Annie Bradshaw. Cassell's Rainbow series. 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 26

cents.

A story somewhat melodramatic in its details, but of absorbing interest. The plot concerns itself with the hereditary thirst for revenge so noticeable among Spanish races, and is wrought out with considerable power. We commend the book to the lovers of the marvelous and the unexpected. N. Y. Sun.

THE STORY OF Margaret KENT. By Henry Hayes. 12mo, $1.10; by mail, $1 23.

Fulfils the first duty of a novel in being interesting. It is a dainty story, full of grace and tenderness and color, and its interest is the more striking because it depends only in one direction upon perfect simplicity of detail, and in another upon the somewhat hackneyed sensationalism of severe illnesses, with remarkable cures of the people whom it is desirable to cure, and the death of uncomfortable people who are better out of the way. It is a pity that it dwells upon a divorce, even though the husband and wife are not divorced after all, and there are rather too many lovers in the story for belief, and the successful one is apparently the result of being obliged to have a hero of some kind. But the story holds its charm through all. For a society novel it gives the graceful worldliness of fashionable New York with piquant vividness, and the graceful makeshifts of New York Bohemians with sympathy and cleverness. The firelight and flowers shine in our own room for the time being, and the fragrance lingers as a pleasant memory. The little child in the story is a delightful one, and the author s feel her bewitching beauty to our finger tips, and ungreatest skill has been lavished on the mother. We derstand precisely the lovable charm which clung to her through many misfortunes and some unwise mistakes, making her on the whole as sweet as she was unwise. Critic.

ZEPH.

A Posthumous Story. By Helen Jackson (H. H.). 16mo, 95 cents; by mail, $1.05. Zeph, the story that Mrs. Helen Jackson left unfinished, is founded upon fact, strange as the facts are. The quality, the power of Zeph's love and loyalty made so deep an impression upon Mrs. Jackson, that she made it the theme of this story of frontier life, of people with rough outsides, and rough surroundings, but with the wide range of passions and virtues that are found in human beings of all conditions. As people grow older they see more and more clearly that love. the love between man and woman, is the great power that shapes character, and makes life a blessing, a

burden, or a curse. More and more deeply did Mrs. Jackson feel the omnipotence of perfect, patient love, the only power that is sure of final victory, and to show this did she tell the story of Zeph. The scene is laid in a new Colorado town, the descriptions of the life and the landscape are graphic and eloquent; the human heart is probed to its depths, and its secrets are laid bare. Before the story was finished Mrs. Jackson became too ill to work any more; but the life of Zeph was very near her heart; she wanted to make it known, to impress the lesson, that through knowiedge of a great forgiving human love even the saddest and most sinful creature may come to a faith in a great forgiving divine love, in a God as good as she has known a man to be, and so in her last hours Mrs. Jackson made a brief outline of the plot for the end of the story. As her latest work, this has a special and pathetic interest. Boston Advertiser.

WHITE HEATHER. By William Black. 12mo, 95 cents; by mail, $1.06.

Might be called a study in black and white of salmon. Indeed, as there is just now a dearth of spelling puzzles, why not offer a reward for the largest number of pages in Mr. Black's new novel found not to contain the word "salmon?" Aside from the fishing episodes, one finds a sort of double courtship in which it is impossible to feel any interest in knowing which young lady will come out ahead, some exceedingly poor verses supposed to be written by the hero, rather fewer than usual of Mr. Black's sunsets and purple clouds, and very little else to atone for all that the story is not. Critic.

UNCLE DANIEL'S STORY. By an Officer of the Union Army. 12mo, 90 cents; by mail, $1.03.

Seems to have been written to exhibit the author's. rancorous and implacable hatred of all persons who took arms against the Union in 1861, or who sympathized in any remote degree with the rebellion. Had the book appeared in the heat and turmoil of the struggle it might have subserved a useful purpose by making treason odious; but after the lapse of nearly twenty-one years from the surrender of Lee, when North and South have become a friendly people, its publication is not merely untimely, but mischievous. Those who wish to see old wounds reopened and old animosities revived may care to read it; we can commend it to no others. N. Y. Sun, THE MASTER OF L'ETRANGE. By Eugene Hall. 12mo, 95 cents; by mail, $1.06.

A story of American life in the South; deals with love and mystery and the supernatural.

Publishers' Weekly.

FOR MAIMIE'S SAKE A Tale of Love and Dynamite. By Grant Allen. 12mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 25 cents.

A tale of love and dynamite, as full of adventure, mystery, and communism as the most exacting lover of the sensational element in romance could desire.

N. Y. Sun.

A TANGLED TALE. By Lewis Carroll. With six illustrations by Arthur B. Frost. 12mo, $1.10; by mail, $1.18.

That the "dream father" of Alice should occupy his later years with setting arithmetical conundrums to unhappy girls, through the medium of stories that faintly recall the humor of the immortal original, is a thought to make angels weep. Concerning the merit of the conundrums we say nothing. Enough that the solutions of them, spangled with rs and ys, alone take up half the volume; and that the mathematical tutor uses his ferule somewhat too freely among his

fair correspondents. If it were not for the sting in their tails, we might have found the stories more amusing. Balbus and his two pupils we cannot away with; Clara and her aunt would perhaps have afforded an opportunity to the pencil of Tenniel; the two knights only are worthy of their author, especially when in the presence of "Her Radiancy." Mr. Frost has wisely confined his sketches almost entirely to the two knights. His dragon recalls a more famous prototype. Academy.

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A CONVENTIONAL BOHEMIAN. By Edmund Pendle12mo, 95 cents; by mail, $1.06. DOMESTICUS. A Tale of the Imperial City. By William Allen Butler. 12mo, 95 cents; by mail, $1.06. The imperial city of the author is our own New York, and Domesticus is a malignant fiend, the terror of young housekeepers, and of old ones too for that matter, protean in shape, as keen - sighted as Argus, and as long-armed as Briareus, who does his best to render life a burden. The successful efforts of the heroine of the book, known as The Little Lady, to overcome this monster, are related with delightful humor. Incidentally Mr. Butler comments upon domestic architecture in New York, the administration of the laws, the habits and rules of "Societas," and a variety of other topics. His satire is never harsh or biting; on the contrary, it is light, ingenious, often graceful and invariably just. In fact, he does in prose here what he so felicitously accomplished in rhyme thirty years ago in Nothing to Wear. Domesticus is quite as much a work of fiction as it is a satire or allegory, and develops a pretty story, with one most lovable character, the heroine herself. Odd as it may seem in a production of this kind, the reader incidentally obtains a considerable amount of information regarding the law of dower and other legal matters. N. Y. Sun.

HIS OPPORTUNITY. By Henry Clement Pearson. 12mo, $1.10; by mail, $1.23.

WITHOUT BLEMISH. To-day's Problem. By Mrs. J. H. Walworth. 12mo, 95 cents; by mail, $1.07. By Mrs. J. H. Walworth, the author of The BarSinister. In this, too, she deals with a vital subject, the problem of the negro's future. While her book has a moral purpose, it is not a dry dissertation, but, like her story of Mormon life, is full of dramatic action and thrilling incident. Publishers' Weekly.

Two COLLEGE GIRLS. By Helen Dawes Brown. 12mo. $1.10; by mail, $1.22.

A Harvard professor writes: "I think Two College Girls the nicest and brightest girls' book I have seen in a long time. As good as Mrs. Whitney, and much more elastic and sprightly." THE CANTERBURY TALES. By Harriet and Sophia Lee. New edition. 3 vols. 16mo, $2.75; by mail, $3.04.

A new and inexpensive edition of a work which formerly enjoyed great popularity. The London Spectator, on their republication in Bentley's Standard Library, welcomed them with peculiar heartiness saying: "There is scarcely any educated person of this century who has not, at some time or other, drawn a sincere pleasure from these pages." In this tasteful form they can hardly fail to have a new lease of popular favor.

TRUTH IN TALE. Addresses chiefly to children. By W. Boyd Carpenter, D.D. 12mo, 95 cents; by mail, $1.05.

A series of religious addresses delivered to children in the form of interesting little stories. The stories

themselves are exceedingly pretty, and teach their several morals in a manner most enchanting and delightful to the young mind. Dr. Carpenter possesses an undoubted faculty for writing allegory. London Bookseller.

INDIAN SUMMER. By W. D. Howells. 12m0, $1.10; by mail, $1.23.

Mr. Howells' story is delicious. There is no repetition about him. We have a new set of circumstances, a new sort of people, a different standpoint for looking at life, from what he has given us before. One can readily see that out of such circumstances Mr. Howells' clever wit can evolve a thoroughly enjoyable story. On reading a page one will find it out for a fact. Hartford Courant.

ROLAND'S DAUGHTER. By Julia McNair Wright. 12mo, 95 cents; by mail, $1.05.

A CAPTIVE OF LOVE. Founded upon Bakin's Japanese Romance. By Edward Greey. 12mo, $1.10; by mail, $1.24.

A Japanese romance, Japanese not merely from the scenes being laid in Japan, but on being founded on an actual Japanese story, would be of interest whatever its rank as a novel. A Captive of Love, translated by Edward Greey, with its perfectly foreign flavor, its curious illustrations from the original work, and especially with the naïve notes by the Japanese author, Bakin, in which a neat little moral is nicely appended to an occasional chapter, is full of entertainment as a Japanese tale, different as it is in style from the popular novel. Critic.

THE DAWNING. A Novel of Boston Life and Society. 12mo. $1.10; by mail, $1.24.

It is not worth while for any one to read this book ; if our readers wish to know about socialism, let them read Ely and Gronlund; if about Beacon Hill, Howell and James; if about young ladies marrying socialists and adopting their opinions, Turgéneff.

Overland Monthly. THE BROWNING BOYS. By Pansy. 16m0, 60 cents; by mail, 67 cents.

vised. 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 83 cents. This little volume is a handy one for the pocket, and treats extensively each one of the following subjects: the suit from which to lead, the card to lead from the suit chosen, trump leads and the inferences therefrom, conventional leads, plain suit leads and the inference therefrom, the play of the second, third, and fourth hands, the discard, and the laws of whist. Rochester Express.

PROF. S. ASHER'S POCKET EDITION ON DANCING. 64mo, 35 cents; by mail, 36 cents.

FISHING WITH THE FLY. Compiled by Charles F.

Orvis and A. Nelson Cheney. New edition, 8vo, $1.90; by mail $2.05.

Twenty-five essays by well-known sportsmen have been collected under the title Fishing with the Fly. Charles F. Orvis and A. N. Cheney are the editors. There are fifteen beautifully colored plates, representing more than one hundred kinds of flies, for salmon, lake-trout and bass fishing. Among the essays are Fly Casting for Salmon, by George Dawson; The Grayling, by Fred Mather; How to Cast a Fly, by Seth Green; and Fly Fishing in Florida, by C. J. Kenworthy. N. Y. Evening Post.

DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

FRENCH DISHES FOR AMERICAN TABLES. By Pierre Caron (formerly chef a'entremets at Delmonico's). Translated by Mrs. Frederic Sherman. 16m0, 75 cents; by mail, 84 cents.

The object of this volume is to present to the public a number of attractive receipts in a form so clear and concise as to render their execution practicable and comparatively easy. This is a need that has long been felt, books of value on the subject of cookery hitherto published having generally been written in French, while many that have appeared in English have been so full of technical terms as to harass and puzzle the inexperienced. The writer, who was formerly chef d'entremets at Delmonico's, has endeavored to avoid unusual terms, and to give his receipts in a condensed but perfectly clear form. Good index. Publishers' Weekly.

FRUIT, PASTES, SYRUPS and Preserves, for HouseKEEPERS AND FRUIT GROWERS. By Mrs. S. D. Power. 12mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 24 cents.

COLLECTIONS.

EDGE-TOOLS OF SPEECH. Selected and arranged by Maturin M. Ballou. Svo, 2.75; by mail, $3.00.

Mr. Ballou's taste is thoroughly catholic, his sympathy wide as the world, and his judgment good. The friends of quotations will find these Eege Tools inexhaustible, yet well arranged, and highly convenient for reference .The book is a literary treasure, and will surely hold its own for years to come. It deserves a place by the side of Mr. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations-no mean honor for any book. Beacon.

IN TIME OF NEED. By E. H. S. With an introductory poem by W. F. Sherwin. Small 4to, 40 cents; by mail, 44 cents.

HELPS BY THE WAY. Compiled by S. W. W. and M. S. H. With an Introduction by Rev. Phillips Brooks, D. D. 16mo, gilt edges, 90 cents; by mail, 97 cents. Plain edges, 75 cents; by mail, 82 cents. The selections show a fine susceptibility to the force of spiritual thought. A wide gamut of experience is embraced in the range of topics which they cover. Trust, hope, love and duty brighten these pages. The compilers have been catholic in their choice of authors. There are echoes from every arch and aisle of the Church universal. The book will be a helpful one for earnest, hungry souls. Rev. Phillips Brooks writes an introduction which is fresh, suggestive, and stimulating, as is everything from his pen.

Christian Register.

der Greene. Oblong 32m0, 60 cents; by mail, 63 cents. A miniature book, prettily gotten up, containing on each page an original aphorism, often very wittily and Fublishers' Weekly. concisely expressed.

THE CORRESPONDENT. By James Wood Davidson, M. A. 16m0, 45 cents; by mail, 52 cents.

A very useful little book, which aims to give in convenient and acceptable form the main points needed by the American writer of letters. Armed with this manual, the latter can enter into correspon

683. The Bachelor Vicar of Newforth. Mrs. J. Harcourt-Roe. 18 cents; by mail, 19 cents.

684 Last Days at Apswich. 9 cents; by mail, to cents.

685 England Under Gladstone, 1880-85. Justin H. McCarthy, M. P. 18 cents; by mail, 19 cents.

686 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. By Robert Louis Stevenson. G cents; by mail, 10 cents.

688 A Man of Honor. By John Strange Winter. 9 cents; by mail,

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690 Far from the Madding Crowd. Thomas Hardy. 18 cents; by mail, 19 cents.

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Mrs. McGregor (we have it from the goodnatured man who sells us the nails) is a born and practical carpenter. Mrs. McGregor has her family tool-box. Mrs. McGregor knows what tools are good for. Mrs. McGregor can drive a nail as well as a tandem.

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are-how never they split-how tight they hold-and you've wondered where they come from-said Mrs. McGregor "Give me an assortment of nails."

Now the clever old nail-maker knew what Mrs. McGregor was up to. So he made a little tin box with cover and hinge, put in it seven hundred steel-wire nails of forty or fifty different lengths and sizes, and dubbed it Mrs. McGregor's Family Nail-box. And every

woman, married or maid, wants Mrs. McGregor's Family Nail-box. It isn't the box; it isn't the nails; it's the having in forty or fifty different sizes exactly the nail for every occasion. A paltry half-pound of a mixture of nails! but they say “It's dollars in pocket. Why wasn't it thought of before?"

Mrs. McGregor hasn't lived in vain; nor the steel-wire nail-man. The world is a handier world for Mrs. McGregor; and lots of things in it are whole instead of in pieces because of the steel-wire nail-man.

Ten cents for Mrs. McGregor's Family Nailbox! What a grip those slender steel-wire nails have got, to be sure! There isn't a woman of spirit in town that isn't after 'em.

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